Composition for production of aromatic baths.



. subject of the King of Bavaria, and resident form of large UNITEDPATENT @FFIQTT. A i ALFRED GERMANY.

COMPOSITION FOR PRODUCTION OF AROMATIC BATHS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. 7, 1908.

Application filed November 2 6. 1906. Serial No, 315,144.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

with common other, but these only prove Be it known that I, ALFREDZUCKER, a I

that the use of formic other hasby far the tmost advantages. Theseadvantages obof 63 Schnorr street, Dresden, in the Kingtained byembodying formic ether into the dom of-Saxony, German Empire, haveinvented a new and useful, Composition of Matter to be Used for theProduction of Aromatic Baths, of which the following is an exactspecification. The present invention consists in a com- I lows 1.Considerably larger quantities of volatile oil can be dissolved than byusing an alcohol soap solution alone.

2. Thecon'iposition containing formic position of matter for use inmaking aro- Cl7ll(.1',.S0tp and volatile oil as proposed by maticalbaths, and consisting of a mixture of l the inventor, keeps clear for anunlimited ingredients as hereinafter to be described i time. This hasbeen proved by experiments and to be addedto water at the time of use.of long years standing.

The substances'serving' for the production I 3. Formic ether has thepeculiar quality of of the aromatical bathare insoluble in watersoftening water even if added to same in very and possesses aromaticaland therapeutical i small quantities. Particular stress is laidroperties. Hitherto certain herbs were upon this very property of formicether, as it iioiled for this purpose and the obtained dehas beenhitherto unknown. .coction added to the bath. Of late these In thefollowing an example'of the comar'omatical or other substances are addedin position is given: 30 form of a mixture in'alcoholic or acetic acid rare dissolved in 60 grams of formic ether, solutions. But these lattermethods exinto which mixture 120 grams of common hibit a Very baddefect, viz. if these mixtures l soft soap or some other liquid soap areare poured into the bath water, the larger worked, until a perfectlyclear solution is obportions of the dissolved substances will tained. Inplace of volatile oil othersubshow at once the tendency to separate indrops'or flocks, whereas only a very sinall fraction mingles with thebathing i water and is kept there in suspense.

Now the composition in question has the purpose inview, to deliver thesevolatile oils i and other like substances in such a form, that samewillnot separate themselves at the parts of dwarf-pine-oil nor, such asthymol, or artificially made smelling substances, such as terpinol,ionone and so on can be used.

Having; thus fully described the nature of my invention, what I desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States is moment of beingpoured into the bath water, but diffuse evenly in ininute'globular formin the Whole. volume of the bath water, thus giving the latter a milklike (emulsion).

According to my invention and for attaining. the purposeintended I mixalcohol, Volatile oil and soap and formic ether is added to thismixture. Due to the mixture of formic ether with the other ingredientsthe formic ether alone mixing very badly with water is caused to mixeasy with the water. Experiments were made to obtain the same resultsether and volatile oil. 7

2. The hereimlescribed novel composition of matter for the production ofaromatical baths, consisting of 30 grams of dwarf-pineoil, 60 grams offormic ether and 120 grams of common soft soap.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses ALFRED ZUCKER.

appearance Witnesses I ULYSSES J. BYWATER, PAUL AREAS.

above mentioned composition are as foly stances acting in a liketherapeutical man- $30 1. The hereindescribed novel composition ofmatter, consistin of alcohol, soap, formic

